[SSJKarma]

my cousin seen the movie and like you he thought it was a total waste compared to the first one !

his first ordeal was to find out that the first XXX (diesel) was dead !
he was like dubya tee eff ? he was so impressive inthe first movie how can a guy like that die like that ?
second he thought the attitude was missing, what we liked in the first was the attitude of a guy who had nothing to lose yet he held onto his life and survived the whole mess even when everything seemed all out.

again the attitude wasn't there, he disliked the character always jumping thru things with bazooka's and the likes. he liked the first XXX beter for that, even thou the guy was a spy with lots of firepower he used it wisely and was acting much more like a spy then a stunt guy. the second XXX was missing that by his sayings and actions. it was evident that if ya gave a bazooka in the hands of that guy he would blow up the first car he would see as an obstacle. that was just not supposed to be that way.

in the end he told me the gags in there weren't as punching as the first one were !
if so then truly this movie wasn't made for the public but for the heck of making a second movie.
with the end of the first movie i was like "cool we'll get to see another movie with vin diesel kicking off evil the stunt ways !" but was only disappointed to learn he wasn't even int he second one.

as for the tatoo, well its kinda ok to see it this way...
i mean come on they created another set of agents and the first guy had xXx tatooed on his neck, its just normal that the rest of the xXx agents has that as well !

conclusion if all my cousin told me about this movie is true then i guess i won't lose my moeny to see it at the big screen, heck i wonder if i'll even buy it when it comes out in DVD. the first one was great, not exacellant but still great all i asked was for the second to be at least that much good, but it seems it isn't so !